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[morwen]

if i am ever rich enough to buy a block of flats or a road, i am going to name it "The Larch", and then move in to the first property.

my address will then be "number one, the larch".

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[verlaine.livejournal.com]

I think that would count as having achieved something magnificent with one's life, yes.

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

let it not be said that i am wholly without ambition!

[vampwillow]

depends which side of the road the first property is on though, surely ...

;-P

[jisha78.livejournal.com]

why?

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

Python.

[lady-miamew.livejournal.com]

I want to live at 52, festive Road.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I saw a road named "starfield" the other day. I think I'd like to live in a starfield.

[tearsofzorro.livejournal.com]

When I worked reading out people's addresses to other people over the phone, there were some names like "Snowdrop walk" (nice name, horrible area).

Oh how I prayed that I'd find someone living in "Soylent Green"

My plan is now to arrange to have a street or estate build just so I can name it Soylent Green. Maybe they could set up a residents association "The People in Soylent Green".

That's my plan.

[rowan-leigh.livejournal.com]

there were some names like "Snowdrop walk" (nice name, horrible area).
There's an entire estate like that in Southampton.

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

What you want is one of those roads that is pronounced differently from the way it is spelt.

Theobalds Road = pr. Tibbards
Charmondley - pr. Chumley (however there is a Chumleigh round here)

Chitty street appeals for some reason. I've seen it somewhere but forget where exactly.

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

there's a Catherine Street in leicester which is correctly pronounced kath-er-ryne.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Pollyhaugh (something close to 'polly-hall' but not quite, more glottal stop like, tends to be how it is pronounced) and Eynsford (ains-fudd) are places I have to spell out every time.

I've always found the names of where you currently live fairly amusing though, abigailb. :)

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

you should come up here again some time and laugh at the roadsigns ;)

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed I should!

[lady-miamew.livejournal.com]

Continueing the pronounced differently theme their is belvoir st and place wise i like Towcester pronounced toaster :o)